Panathinaikos Athens coach Yiannis Anastasiou has
terminated his contract with the club in a mutual decision on Monday, following
a stint of under-performing results in the Greek league.
Panathinaikos, who has not won the championship since
2010, is already eight points behind last season’s champions and league leaders
Olympiacos F.C., nine games into the season.
Sunday’s draw against AEK in Panathinaikos’s home
ground generated evident disapproval from the game’s attending fans, toward the
team, the manager, and even toward the owner Yiannis Alafouzos.
Anastasiou had been Panathinaikos’s coach since May
2013. During these two and a half years the Athenian team claimed the Greek cup
in 2013.
Alafouzos expressed his gratitude for Anastasiou via
the club’s official announcement on his termination.
“Yannis came to Panathinaikos at very difficult time
in May 2013. Together we created a plan that was implemented with
responsibility and resulted in the creation of a team, that the whole sporting
fan community applauded. We had important successes and of course these are
attributed to him to an important degree. During our relationship mistakes were
made from both sides. All of us in Panathinaikos thank him for his contribution
and wish him well in his career,” Alafouzos noted.
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